When I was growing up my uncle had a 100 acre farm and my dad and I would hunt and target practice there any time we wanted. I would look around and find all sorts of targets to shoot at, half full airasol paint cans, you name it, anything that would bounce, explode or fly apart was especially fun. Now I belong to a local club and can only poke holes in paper, ok for sighting in but after that??? I'm shooting 300 win mag so can't even ring steel and its only 100 yards... so I was thinking about taping a playing card edge ways and trying to split it. Might be fun for awhile. Anyone else have any ideas where you can only punch paper??
Ideas to make restricted rifle ranges more fun
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Look for tall weeds that still have the berm behind it and that you will not be bouncing bullets oFF the ground. Cut them in half. Daisies are especially fun since you can shoot off the tops or cut their stems in half.
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Get into competitions. Any competition. I can’t stand a square range shooting from a bench any more. But when I do have to shoot at a square range, I have a purpose - gathering dope for different loads, etc.
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Bring clay birds if the mgmt will let you. Of course there's always some smallish golf ball sized rocks that are able to be found on the berm.
I hear you though. Growing up in a place that had many thousands of square miles of BLM land to play on makes a range and its (necessary) rules mighty mundane by comparison.
I hear you though. Growing up in a place that had many thousands of square miles of BLM land to play on makes a range and its (necessary) rules mighty mundane by comparison.
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I bought a old vineyard because my local range banned steel targets. Literally set at the range online and found it for sale. Called the realtor and said I could walk the property and saw a huge hill side to use as a back stop. Made full price offer, went home and told my wife I just bought a old vineyard. She was like what? I’m building a private range.
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I am blessed I guess because a good friend and I bought a piece of property specifically for hunting and shooting. Deer, turkey, dove, duck and targets, both paper and steel, out to 900 yards. Deer stands, duck blinds, dove field, rice for ducks. Best investment I ever made.
A lot of games can be shot especially if you have some friends. Deck of cards and play poker, closest shot to x, timed fire (the fastest at multiple targets, even at 100 yards)
A lot of games can be shot especially if you have some friends. Deck of cards and play poker, closest shot to x, timed fire (the fastest at multiple targets, even at 100 yards)
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I shoot old business cards, I have boxes of them from different jobs. At 100 yds they can be pretty hard to see. Of course clay pigeons are fun if management allows them. Those hostage targets are good, again if management allows them. Some ranges don't permit realistic targets like those.
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